Marcacuja OilJapanese sunscreenAlthough I've spent more effort on skincare than might seem mentally balanced, I have to say, I got really sick of time and money spent trying to treat my acne and scars when I got them, which has been often, and decided to spent time and money on preventing them. Plus, if my skin is good, I feel good about myself, and if my skin is bad, I don't. So, it's worth it for me. And, thanks to two websites, www.skinandtonics.com, and www.carolinehirons.com, I finally, finally, finally got the answers I needed. I have to credit these posts in particular: http://skinandtonics.com/category/guides/skin-care-guides/I also love Caroline Hirons Cheat Sheets, which you can see to the right on her blog. She has a fantastic, no-nonsense style that makes perfect sense. The thing is, my skin is also prone to the same cystic acne and dehydration of which the Skin and Tonics blogger complains, so I keep going back to her blog to freshen up my know-how. That said, I do find her collection of products a bit excessive, so I've tried limiting my own choices to those most effective for me. At most, I've added a backup exfoliating toner for an occasional change: Pixi Glow Tonic. But as a rule, I'm not a fan of hoarding products and rotating them. At most, a second version of the same thing should be enough for a break, not 4 or 5, and only for the 1 or 2 products you find most essential. For me, that's the exfoliating toner. So, I bought the Pixi Glow Tonic as a backup for days my skin felt a little too sensitive for the P50. Finally, there are budget versions of all these products, which I believe Caroline Hirons can give you on her youtube channel. If you dig through the skinandtonics guides, you can find some budget options there too, like the Cerave Face Wash (didn't suit my skin, though).

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

It's all cool. Everyone looks cool - except Donghyun, who is hot- the song is cool, the set design and graphics are cool and it's Alice in Wonderland, which is always cool. I may reread the book just to be extra nerdy about it all. The nice touch in this is that the Alice here knowingly walked into Wonderland to play with Boyfriend like they're her test rabbits.

The whole video is a fantastic take on the whole story including an Alice who is clearly holding all cards and ready to take Boyfriend out of their tea party to another world. Here's how it starts.

You're not in Oxford anymore, Alice, which, to be clear, is where Lewis Carroll lived.

Then he makes sure you know he's jjang. Look at that glower. His tastes may be a bit unusual, and that's quite all right.

Next, we have MinWoo, the Mad Hatter.

So Gerard Depardieu, except handsome.

Absolutely, nothing, Maknae MinWoo, except maybe that someone slipped a hallucinogenic in my tea. But this dream is gorgeous, and I'm not complaining.

Here we have the Twins, playing TweedleDee and TweedleDum. I don't know their names. They're handsome and interchangeable because they're only 19, so let's leave it at that and hope they grow up quickly.

Clearly, these two don't care. They're painting a flower, as in actually painting it. If that isn't badass and Twins-Don't-Care what is? They can see in your soul with those bizarrely natural bug eyes, so don't bother pretending you don't think they're the most confusingly cute kids this side of Jaehyo in Nanlina (Jaehyo is always relevant).

Then there's the Other Two playing some Cards or Dormice or something. I think one of them flashed abs, but they weren't worth sculpted enough to screenshot. Apologies to fans of the Other Two.

Here are their solo shots:

In any case, we have these Manly Maknae Minwoo and Dastardly Delightful Donghyun:

And the Twins:

Naturally Donghyun gets the girl because he's the actual adult male in all of this, and it shows.

Even falling into a vortex of unreality, he's totally jjang, the guy you want falling into extra-deep rabbit hole with you because he's so in the moment and cat-don't-care.

I'm on another continent, Donghyun-ssi, but I appreciate you asking.

In the end (or is it just the beginning?) they end up where Alice's story originally begins, in a tiny room, looking through a tiny keyhole.